2009年10月6日星期二

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Al-Qaida showing smaller presence in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. Al-Qaida has maintained longtime ties with a number of key figures within the broad coalition that is fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Chief among them are Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, whose Pakistan-based forces are battling the Americans and their allies across eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, file)AP - Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war.


Ousted Honduran leader dismisses decree decision (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT

A man with a gun on his waist, stands at the San Isidro market in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday dismissed the withdrawal of an emergency decree that curbed civil liberties, calling it a meaningless gesture from a coup-imposed government that refuses to restore him to power.  (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday dismissed the withdrawal of an emergency decree that curbed civil liberties, calling it a meaningless gesture from a coup-imposed government that refuses to restore him to power.


Somali defense minister seized in Uganda (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:08 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2009 photo, Yusuf Mohamed Siad, Somalia's state minister for defense,  speaks during the celebrations of the Somali independence day. Gunmen kidnapped Somalia's state minister for defense Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital, a Somali government spokesman said.  Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siad was abducted as he walked out of a mosque in Kampala, Somali government spokesman Sheik Abdirisaq Qeylow said.  (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Somalia's defense minister was seized Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital in what the Somali president said was likely a "mistake" by Ugandan security forces.


2016 Olympics a crowning glory for Brazil leader (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right and Brazilian soccer great Pele, right, celebrate with their delegation after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. ( (AP Photo/ Claus Bjorn Larsen, Polfoto)AP - He is the Pele of politics, knighted the "most popular politician on Earth" by another contender for the title — Barack Obama.


3 Americans share Nobel physics prize (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

George E. Smith, 79, receives a congratulatory telephone call at his home in Waretown, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009,  after it was announced that he had won the Nobel Prize in physics. Smith along with Willard S. Boyle, 85, were honored for inventing the eye of the digital camera, a sensor able to transform light into a large number of pixels, the tiny points of color that are the building blocks of every digital image. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.


Abbas Cancels Israel War-Crimes Report, Boosting Hamas (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:05 PM PDT

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks to media after a meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on October 4. A controversial decision not to press a vote on a UN report on the Gaza war has angered many Palestinians and weakened president Abbas amid US-backed peace efforts, observers say.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)Time.com - The decision by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to suppress a U.N. investigation of alleged war crimes in Gaza has presented a massive political gift to Hamas


List of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winners (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

Security walls at Samarra shrine now create divide (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:18 PM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, the mostly deserted market is backdropped by the gold-domed mosque in Samarra, Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. Reconstruction continues on the mosque that was destroyed in 2006. About 240 mostly Sunni-owned shops have been shuttered, blocked off by more than a half mile of concrete blast walls that create a protected walkway for Shiite pilgrims heading to the shrine. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The U.S. military on Tuesday handed over the last of its bases outside Samarra, a city billed as a reconciliation success story. Worries linger though that wartime remedies like barriers and checkpoints will encourage divisions and undermine hard-won security gains.


Brazil TV crime host hunted after arrest ordered (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT

AP - Brazilian police say they are hunting for a TV crime show host and former state legislator who is accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings.

Top Rwanda genocide suspect caught in Uganda (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Idelphonse Nizeyimana. Interpol agents have arrested Nizeyimana, one of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, a former top intelligence official accused of sending soldiers to execute the Rwandan queen, officials said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of State)AP - A top suspect wanted for orchestrating the killings of thousands of people in Rwanda's 1994 genocide — including children, hospital patients, priests and even an elderly and revered African queen — has been captured, police said Tuesday.


Obama offers no firm signals on Afghanistan troops (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:21 PM PDT

Inside his armored vehicle, Lt. Col. William McCollough, right, from Brainerd, Minn., who is the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion 5th Marines, talks with Governor of Nawa District Haji Abdul Manaf, left, with the help of a translator, after a meeting with local elders, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday ruled out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he did not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war zone — either the 40,000 his top commander wants or a smaller buildup, according to several officials.


Upbeat Canada economic figures greeted cautiously (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:53 AM PDT

Reuters - More evidence emerged on Tuesday that the Canadian economy is pulling out of recession but economists were guarded in their enthusiasm, saying that September jobs figures due out on Friday will offer a better test.

Australia raises interest rate to 3.25 percent (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:33 AM PDT

AP - Australia's central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates by a quarter point Tuesday, becoming the first major economy to increase the cost of borrowing amid signs its recovery from the global slump is gaining momentum.

Republicans press Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to send more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying he should act quickly lest any delay endanger troops who already are there and are facing a deteriorating situation.

North Korea ready for six-party talks – with caveat (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea's new readiness to return to stalled international talks about its nuclear program – if prior negotiations with the United States go well – puts the diplomatic ball in Washington's court.

Afghan Women in Politics: Afghan Star's Tarana Wins Seat (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:05 PM PDT

Time.com - While the national election is mired in fraud, provincial council results show that Afghans haven't quite given up on trying to reform their country

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